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The app store effect on pricing will be coming to ebooks. With e-books being way overpriced (sometimes more than the print version), this has to be a good thing
by bkaid 16y ago
The app store effect on pricing will be coming to ebooks. With e-books being way overpriced (sometimes more than the print version), this has to be a good thing for consumers and authors - at least to an extent.
- Semiapies 16y agoI hope more ebook publishers (both individuals and companies) look at this. There are too many outlets that think they can sell a file for most of the price of a physical book - usually the same outlets that have been blaming their price hikes on the rising cost of paper for the last 30 years.
- sethg 16y agoThe last time I saw this discussion go around the SF blogosphere, people close to the industry said that very little of the cost of a book is actually tied up in the marginal cost of paper and shipping; most of it is overhead associated with running a publishing company that can’t be economized away by switching to e-books. On the other hand, Kristine Kathryn Rusch said that one reason the overhead is so high is that publishers locked themselves into long-term contracts for things like Manhattan editorial offices and printers’ services, so they can’t reduce their overheads until those contracts expire.
- Semiapies 16y agoI'm particularly thinking of niche and hobby presses that don't have Manhattan offices. Some of them have tried to straight-up sell ebooks at paper prices.